# Throw me a Bone. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958 "2017-07-10T22:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/1 "2017-07-10T22:50:29Z")
[Accusing someone of grasping at straws is an insult now?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20335657&postcount=650) šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/2 "2017-07-10T22:52:38Z")
This is about as misleading a description of what you wrote that I can imagine. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/3 "2017-07-10T22:56:10Z")
Maybe, just maybe, the sexual assault angle was part of the problem. > [@Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, according to US officials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799/646): > > Why am I picturing **Okrahoma** grabbing the crotch of a female scarecrow? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/4 "2017-07-10T23:35:55Z")
Hereā€™s the moderator instructions: > [@Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, according to US officials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799/586): > > Iā€™m picking this one post as an example, but thereā€™s quite a bit of it in this thread. Everyone: enough with the personal digs or subtle hints at the personal digs. I tend to interpret generously but that has run its course in this thread. Please act accordingly. This is open and shut ā€¦ ā€œsubtle hints at the personal digsā€ ā€¦ how is this not failure to follow moderator instructions? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/5 "2017-07-10T23:42:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Accusing someone of grasping at straws is an insult now?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20335657&postcount=650) šŸ˜• Genius.šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/6 "2017-07-11T00:13:40Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Maybe, just maybe, the sexual assault angle was part of the problem. How can one sexually assault an inanimate object? > [@watchwolf49](#): > > This is open and shut ā€¦ ā€œsubtle hints at the personal digsā€ ā€¦ how is this not failure to follow moderator instructions? No dig intended, simply using a scarecrow as a metaphor for straw(s). Itā€™s what I do. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/7 "2017-07-11T00:22:27Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How can one sexually assault an inanimate object? > No dig intended, simply using a scarecrow as a metaphor for straw(s). Itā€™s what I do. Yeah, but you named someone in particular, and that was after **Bone** ā€™s caution. I got a tap in that thread and my dig was far less targeted than yours. But the implication was there and I got called on it. Letā€™s take our lumps. šŸ™‚ In truth, I felt it was a fair call. I was more bummed that my insult was considered sub-par. Iā€™ll try harder next time ā€“ and make sure Iā€™m in the Pit. (BTW, I thought yours was very clever. Would have been terrific in a Pit thread!) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/8 "2017-07-11T00:27:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How can one sexually assault an inanimate object? You can sexually assault with an inanimate so Iā€™m sure somewhere you can reverse the process. And if force is involved in any fashion you are probably going to jail; for example, forcing someone to sexually assault a scarecrow would be against the law in most jurisdictions. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > No dig intended, simply using a scarecrow as a metaphor for straw(s). Itā€™s what I do. And warning people they feel stepped over some line is what Mods do. No harm or foul; I call it kismet in this example. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/9 "2017-07-11T00:32:15Z")
No offense, but I prefer to hear from **Bone** on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/10 "2017-07-11T01:25:47Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How can one sexually assault an inanimate object? > No dig intended, simply using a scarecrow as a metaphor for straw(s). Itā€™s what I do. How can an inanimate object be female? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/11 "2017-07-11T02:25:30Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No offense, but I prefer to hear from **Bone** on the matter. You shouldnā€™t need to. Your offense was patently obvious, especially in view of the previous instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/12 "2017-07-11T02:34:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You shouldnā€™t need to. Your offense was patently obvious, especially in view of the previous instructions. See, thatā€™s the thing. No offense was intended. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/13 "2017-07-11T02:38:11Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > How can an inanimate object be female? Put it in a dress. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/14 "2017-07-11T02:38:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Thatā€™s the thing. No offense was intended, ergo I donā€™t see any. Your post was very obviously offensive, and appeared to be deliberately so. If you did not intend it to be offensive, you need to reevaluate your communication skills. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/15 "2017-07-11T02:44:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you did not intend it to be offensive, you need to reevaluate your communication skills. [Wouldnā€™t be the first time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17019186#post17019186) šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/16 "2017-07-11T02:49:10Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No dig intended, simply using a scarecrow as a metaphor for straw(s). Itā€™s what I do. First you get warned. And now you come here to start a parody thread? Iā€™m not sure what your end game is here. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/17 "2017-07-11T02:53:39Z")
End game? Iā€™d like to know what was so wrong about saying heā€™s grasping at straws, for that was all I had intended with that bit of metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/18 "2017-07-11T03:10:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No offense, but I prefer to hear from **Bone** on the matter. And you posted it here publicly becauseā€¦you anticipate a possible public vindication? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/19 "2017-07-11T03:17:42Z")
Please, donā€™t ask me to think. My head hurts enough as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958/20 "2017-07-11T03:34:40Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How can one sexually assault an inanimate object? By grabbing its crotch. Which is what you wrote. The next time you want to write that somebody is grasping at straws, you should use the words ā€œgraspingā€, ā€œatā€, and ā€œstrawsā€. No gray area on this one. The moderator is right and you are wrong. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-me-a-bone/790958.md?page=2)